Ebola Time Series – UPDATE

The World Health Organization has announced a roadmap to stop the transmission of the Ebola virus within 6 to 9 months and that more than 20,000 people could be infected before it is brought under control. The latest update reports over 3,000 cases and 1,500 deaths. We have updated the Ebola time series for to show that the outbreak is still accelerating and the majority of cases have occurred within the last three weeks. We will continue to plot new data as it becomes available and provide a weekly time series update.